Yahoo! Go 3.0, Mobile Yahoo, Expands In Asia-Pacific.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & SINGAPORE, Jun 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) today announced several new mobile initiatives for the Asia Pacific region, including five new Yahoo! oneSearch partnerships with leading mobile operators including Mahanagar Telephon Nigam Limited (MTNL, India), Hong Kong CSL Limited (CSL), Smart Communications Inc. (Smart, Philippines), Digital Mobile Phlis, Inc. (SUN Cellular, Philippines) and Vibo Telecom Inc. (Vibo, Taiwan), as well as strategic mobile advertising partnerships with Idea Cellular Ltd. (India) and Maxis Communications Bhd (Malaysia).

Additionally, Yahoo! announced localized versions of Yahoo! Go 3.0 for India, Australia and Southeast Asia, including a local language version for Indonesia, and an English version of Yahoo! oneSearch with voice that recognizes regional accents. The company also announced the launch of new mobile widgets for the Asia Pacific region including Yahoo! Cricket, Yahoo! Answers and Showtimes (Yahoo! India Movies), as well as a MTV Asia mobile widget featuring news updates and music charts.

These announcements further demonstrate Yahoo!'s global momentum and unveil the next phase of the company's mobile strategy for the Asia Pacific region. Today's Yahoo! oneSearch partnerships announcement brings the total number of mobile search deals signed by Yahoo! worldwide in the last 18 months to over 60.

"Sixty signed Yahoo! oneSearch partner deals is a great milestone, putting us on our way to our goal of ultimately connecting the billions of mobile consumers around the globe with the best possible Internet experience," said Marco Boerries, executive vice president, Connected Life, Yahoo!. "Today's partnerships and product launches further Yahoo!'s global momentum and serve to reinforce our strong position in the mobile industry."

Tags: Yahoo! Go 3.0, Yahoo mobile, yahoo, MTNL, CSL, Smart, SUN Cellular, Vibo, Idea Cellular, Maxis Communications, oneSearch

T-Mobile Drops Google And Uses Yahoo! for Mobile Search

T-Mobile has entered into a new strategic partnership with Yahoo to introduce a range of mobile services across Europe.
The agreement supplants Google as T-Mobile's mobile search services provider in Europe, and sets the stage for Yahoo oneSearch to become the exclusive mobile search service for T-Mobile customers from April.
Read more at vnunet.
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Yahoo! Go 3.0beta, Try It Out

Yahoo! Go 3.0beta, which I saw a demo at CES seem to be pretty good, once I tried it on a real phone!, my iPhone and I like Yahoo Life or Yahoo! Go 3.0. oneSearch™, Mail, Finance and Weather all worked fine but I was testing on an WiFi link. I will also test it once I am out there with no WiFi Link.
Even if you do not have an iPhone, you can try it on your phone as long as it is on the list that Yahoo mobile provides. For free, Send an email, upload photos, download a map, search for answers, check stock quotes, or get breaking news—all that and much more is available through Yahoo! Go.
I will try also try this on my Samsung SGH-i718 which is on the list. If you do not have a phone that is compatible, you can try it out at yahoo emulator, where the above screen capture was taken.
tag: Yahoo mobile, Yahoo Go 3.0, CES 2008, iPhone, Yahoo Life